--- title: What object did the Smith have painted upon the door of the smithy? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What object did the Smith have painted upon the door of the smithy? Exam question 3 of lesson 421 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Spider tricks the gnats, then a Smith's son torments a painted Demon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/421-pg22373-part13/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/421-pg22373-part13/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Sp… What object did the Smith have painted upon the door of the smithy? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** paint · **To what, where:** door This is exam question 3 of lesson 421 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Spider tricks the gnats, then a Smith's son torments a painted Demon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/421-pg22373-part13/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:e3:1 # text = What object did the Smith have painted upon the door of the smithy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 smithy smithy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past · perfect · do-support | | | | the door of the smithy | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon door=Destination | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A grinning Demon with horns and a tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:e3:o1:1 # text = A grinning Demon with horns and a tail 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grinning grin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 Demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A Dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:e3:o2:1 # text = A Dragon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A Demon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:e3:o3:1 # text = A Demon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Devil himself in a red coat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:e3:o4:1 # text = The Devil himself in a red coat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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